Planning and Activities
Fiction
English Year 4 Spring Traditional Tales and Fables
Fairy Tales and Playscripts
Use versions of Princess and the Pea to explore, compare and write fairytales with a twisted point of view. Study dialogue, tense, pronouns. Role-play, write and perform playscripts.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core Unit: Read and analyse different versions of the Princess and the Pea
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
The Princess and the Pea by Lauren Child
The Princess and the Pea by Rachel Isadora
The Pea and the Princess by Mini Grey
The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson (any version)
Unit 2 SPAG: Identifying and using pronouns, including for cohesion
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
The Princess and the Pea by Rachel Isadora
Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Personal and Possessive Pronouns and Determiners
Unit 3 SPAG: Writing imaginative and correctly punctuated dialogue
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
The Princess and the Pea by Lauren Child
Presentations
SPAG: Dialogue Punctuation
Unit 4 SPAG: Understanding and using the perfect form of the past tense
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
The Pea and the Princess by Mini Grey
Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Perfect Form
Unit 5 Composition: Extended writing: creating and writing a playscript
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Beware of the Storybook Wolves by Lauren Child
Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Personal and Possessive Pronouns and Determiners
SPAG PowerPoint: Perfect Form